{"id":47735,"date":"2024-03-13T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2008721"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:46:56","slug":"great-british-bake-off-confirms-prue-leith-will-miss-next-celeb-season","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/great-british-bake-off-confirms-prue-leith-will-miss-next-celeb-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Great British Bake Off confirms Prue Leith will miss next celeb season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The 84-year-old will be stepping down from the celebrity version of the show. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 13 March 2024 at 15:52 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>A brand new season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/celebrity-bake-off-2024-tv\/\">Celebrity Bake Off<\/a> begins this weekend, with Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood returning to judge a new batch of celebrities, while joined by hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding.<\/p>\n<p>Prue will, however, be stepping back from next year\u2019s The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrue will be joining Paul as usual to judge The Great British Bake Off, but will be stepping back from The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer,\u201d revealed a spokesperson from Love Productions, the television company behind the Channel 4 entertainment show.<\/p>\n<p>The show are said to be searching for someone to replace the judge on the celebrity version of the show, with the likes of TV chef Nigella Lawson tipped as a favourite to join the show in the summer, when filming will begin for the next celebrity season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/prue-leith-tour-tickets-2023-fea0fdc.png?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/prue-leith-tour-tickets-2023-fea0fdc.png?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/prue-leith-tour-tickets-2023-fea0fdc.png?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/prue-leith-tour-tickets-2023-fea0fdc.png?quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x\" type=\"image\/png\"> <source media=\"(max-width: 375px)\" 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Alison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title qa-card-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/taskmaster-season-17-air-date-newsupdate\/\">Taskmaster confirms return date for season 17 starring Steve Pemberton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title qa-card-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/sharon-osbourne-leaving-celebrity-big-brother-newsupdate\/\">Sharon Osbourne is leaving the Celebrity Big Brother house tonight<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/celebrity-bake-off-2024-cast\/\">cast for the 2024 season<\/a> was confirmed last year, with actor Danny Dyer, Spice Girls star Mel B, and presenter Dermot O\u2019Leary among the 20 celebrities stepping up to the plate for a good cause.<\/p>\n<p>The first episode will see Doctor Who\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/jodie-whittaker\/\">Jodie Whittaker<\/a>, singer Paloma Faith, reality TV star and entrepreneur Spencer Matthews and comedian Munya Chawawa taking on a series of baking challenges, after which one of them will be named Star Baker.<\/p> <p><strong>The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will be available to watch on Channel 4 from Sunday 17th March.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<a id=\"OWAd6a6c3ba-49f5-0b08-841b-80c9962943d5\" 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